Bangladesh is looking for farmland outside the country. “Whether from the public sector or the private sector, the government of Bangladesh is fully behind any attempts to seek out unused land beyond its borders,”...
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has warned that the country’s economic growth may be hurt by the eurozone debt crisis, flooding in Thailand and a strong yen. It said the euro crisis was stifling...
It is likely that radioactive cesium from the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant spread across much of northern and eastern Japan and could damage agriculture in several provinces, according to estimates...
News media in Northeast Asia are reporting details of alleged cooperation between Iran and North Korea in trying to build atomic bombs. Such joint activities have been suspected for years. South Korea’s foreign ministry...
Nov. 11 – Garbage collectors in Thailand are battling tonnes of floating garbage in the flood-stricken country.
Commissioning of a controversial planned nuclear plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been delayed by a few months, officials have told the BBC. Kudankulam plant Chief Superintendent MK Balaji said that...
Sleman, Central Java. The arrival of the rainy season has triggered the time bomb experts have long feared: volcanic mudflows comprised of millions of tons of ash and debris blanketing Merapi’s slopes after last...
(Reuters) – The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a U.N. agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said on Thursday. Iran denies trying to build atom...
A senior Foreign Office official says British government ministers have been told to expect Israeli military action in the wake of the UN watchdog report “as early as Christmas or very early in the...
It’s the moment the human trafficking unit with Spain’s Mossos d’Esquadra was waiting for: After months of exhaustive preparation and dozens of operations, it finally made the big bust. This time, investigators broke up...
